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Learning Objective:
The students will be able to learn about the internal and external assessment of a new brand
with reference to strategic management.
Learning Outcome:
Students will be able to come up with their reviews about the internal and external
weaknesses, strengths, opportunities and threats.
The CASE:
EAGLE Mobile manufacturer is a local mobile manufacturer company going to launch its new brand
“EAGLE” for local citizens of Pakistan in coming few months. Mr. Syed Ali Raza Shah, the owner and
the CEO of the company planning to embed all of the important and competitive features in this
brand that other companies do. The company has its head office in the main city of the Haripur
District in Hazara, Khyber Pukhtunkhwa with other regional offices at Lahore, Karachi, Islamabad,
Multan, Mardan, DG Khan, DI Khan, Hunza, Quetta and Faisalabad in Pakistan. The management and
strategists of the company decided to first offer this brand in the price range from 3000 to 50000 PKR
to all the local citizens across the Pakistan. They have also kept an eye to include the Android system
in different capacity in all smart phones like Marshmallow, Oreo, Lollipop and Nougat to compete
with the local and multinational brands in Pakistan. Currently, they have only one local competitor
that is Qmobile and many international brands like Oppo, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei and Vivo V9. In a
group meeting with board of directors of the company, it has been decided to first review all the
internal / external strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats before launching the brand into
the Pakistani market. Therefore, they have launched first few samples to the market for test
marketing and received multiple reviews in return.
Required Questions:
Being a customer of EAGLE:
1. What would you suggest the company about its internal strengths and weaknesses for this
new brand in comparison of the features of other mobile brands in Pakistan?
MARKS (2.5 + 2.5)
2. What would you suggest the company about its external opportunities and threats for this
new brand in comparison of the features of other mobile brands in Pakistan?
MARKS (2.5 + 2.5)
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Use the font style “Times New Roman” or “Arial” and font size “12”.
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Referencing Guidelines:
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It is cheated or copied from other students, internet, books, journals etc.
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